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to have something they can resell for a higher value,
it gives them that opportunity, as well. So, it does give
us a wide margin of opportunity out there in places
that we can service. There really is no limitation to our
marketplace, short of our imagination.
BVM: Can you talk a bit about your company’s struc-
ture?
Scott: We’re based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and
have operations domestically from coast to coast. We
have expanded our business throughout the world –
we’re now in almost 50 countries. We have on-staff
chemists; research and development people; our own
packaging and material handling systems; an adminis-
trative and operations staff; and a support staff. We’re
also an ISO 9000 company which gives us the ability
to make sure the products that we manufacture and
provide are, at all times, of the highest quality.
BVM: How many franchise locations do you have?
Scott: Domestically, we’ve got 125. Internationally, we
have another 1,300. The largest number is in Japan –
